A son in my lap, Your Majesty,“Ucchaṅge deva me putto,or a husband while walking the street—Pathe dhāvantiyā pati;but I don’t see the placeTañca desaṁ na passāmi,from where I can fetch a brother.Yato sodariyamānayeti.
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